Josh Gordon, Adam Carey and Julia Medew
Denis Napthine has racheted up the Coalition's health pitch by promising a $98 million expansion of the Northern Hospital in Epping and more neonatal intensive care services for seriously ill babies.

Adam Carey
Self-driving cars could be mainstream in Australia within a generation, ferrying people from point to point using a mix of in-vehicle smarts and powerful cloud computing that could potentially slash...

Adam Carey
Melbourne is poised to leap ahead of Sydney and gain a second international airport, after the governments of Australia and the Philippines agreed to operate direct flights to and from Avalon airport.

Adam Carey
Gen Okajima is waiting for a train. He knows it will not arrive soon, not even in the next few years, but he is not feeling anxious or impatient. He says it will come once Australia is ready for it.

Adam Carey
Retail giants Coles and Woolworths will be among the first businesses to have their transport safety standards put under the microscope by a new industry tribunal, in response to fears that truck...